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MIT honors employees with 2026 Excellence Awards, Collier Medal, and Staff Award for Distinction in Service
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (248+ words) On June 4, colleagues held homemade signs, waved pompoms, and cheered loudly for award recipients in Kresge Auditorium. Twenty individuals and three teams received MIT Excellence Awards — the Institute’s highest honor for staff. Additional honors included the Collier Medal, the Staff…...
Arthur Bahr named head of MIT’s Literature Section
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (319+ words) Professor Arthur Bahr has been named head of the MIT Literature Section, effective July 1. “Arthur is an exceptional scholar and a proven leader. I am confident that he will guide the unit with judgment, insight, and a deep commitment to…...
MIT affiliates win 2026 Hertz Foundation Fellowships
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (230+ words) MIT News Centers, Labs, & Programs MIT affiliates win 2026 Hertz Foundation Fellowships Previous image Next image The prestigious science and technology award provides each recipient with five years of financial support — a stipend and full tuition equivalent — which gives them an…...
MIT affiliates win 2026 Breakthrough, New Horizons prizes
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (192+ words) A number of MIT affiliates were recently honored for their research by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation. J. Colin Hill ’08 shared a New Horizons in Physics Prize with Dillon Brout, Mathew Madhavacheril, Maria Vincenzi, Daniel Scolnic, and W. L. Kimmy Wu for…...
MIT Corporation elects 10 term members, two life members for 2026
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (315+ words) The MIT Corporation — the Institute’s board of trustees — has elected 10 full-term members, who will serve five-year terms, and two life members. Corporation Chair Mark P. Gorenberg ’76 announced the election results today. The full-term members are: Kate A. Bergeron, Elizabeth Choe,…...
MIT affiliates elected to National Academy of Sciences for 2026
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (849+ words) Sixteen MIT affiliates, including professors and alumni, have been inducted into the National Academy of Sciences for 2026. MIT faculty honorees include Bengt Holmström, Michale Fee, Gareth McKinley, Keith Nelson, Fan Wang, and Catherine Wolfram....
Two from MIT named 2026 Knight-Hennessy Scholars
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (381+ words) MIT News Centers, Labs, & Programs Two from MIT named 2026 Knight-Hennessy Scholars Previous image Next image MIT master’s student Sunshine Jiang ’25 and Rupert Li ’24 are recipients of this year’s Knight-Hennessy Scholarship. Now in its ninth year, the highly competitive scholarship provides…...
MIT School of Engineering faculty receive awards in winter 2026
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (490+ words) Faculty members and researchers in the MIT School of Engineering were honored in recognition of their scholarship, service, and overall excellence in winter 2026....
MIT affiliates awarded 2026 Guggenheim Fellowships
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (428+ words) MIT affiliates Afreen Siddiqi, Kathleen Thelen, and Vinod Vaikuntanathan, in addition to alumna Kate Manne, were awarded 2026 Guggenheim Fellowships for “prior career achievement and exceptional promise.” MIT Research Scientist Afreen Siddiqi â99, SM â01, PhD â06; MIT professors Kathleen Thelen…...